Ohio K–6 dance standards

Recognize dance as a tool for healthy living.

Explore movement with basic elements of dance.

Move safely within personal and general space.

Describe how movements can express feelings.

Explore dance forms from various cultures.

Explore ways to use imagination when engaged in dancing.

Demonstrate basic elements of dance.

With prompting and support, demonstrate and discuss how to respond to dance as an audience member.

Play creatively with rhythm games.

Collaborate with others to make decisions during a dance activity.

Observe and respond to movements in a dance using words, pictures, or movements.

Recognize and discuss why dance is a healthy activity.

Explore and experiment with locomotor and non-locomotor movements using changes in body shape, time, space, and movement quality.

Demonstrate awareness of moving safely within personal and general space.

Describe how movement and shapes communicate feelings.

Learn developmentally appropriate cultural dances.

Explore structured improvisations and movement phrases within a central theme.

Demonstrate and use basic elements of dance.

Demonstrate and discuss how to respond to dance as an audience member.

Explore and combine rhythmic play during movement studies.

Cooperate with others to make decisions during a dance activity.

Discuss the meaning of specific dances.

Recognize and discuss how dance is an avenue for physical fitness.

Explore and experiment with basic locomotor and non-locomotor movement patterns using changes in time, space, body shape, and movement quality to construct and express personal meaning.

Demonstrate kinesthetic awareness, self-direction, and safe practices when improvising and performing.

Describe different ways movements shaped into dance depict feelings and emotions.

Observe, learn, and explore dance forms from various cultures.

Create and perform a memorized movement phrase with a clear beginning, middle, and end.

Name and use basic elements of dance and movement vocabulary when exploring, making, and describing dance.

Consistently demonstrate and discuss how to respond to dance as an audience member.

Explore dance vocabulary and basic choreographic devices and structures using a range of music genres.

Collaborate with peers to create movement studies and informal dances.

Share preferences and create responses for observed dance performances.

Describe why safe practices are important for participation in dance.

Improvise and create movements that reflect an understanding of themes from a range of sources, including other content areas.

Demonstrate kinesthetic awareness, self-direction, and safe practices when improvising and performing.

Describe the relationship between music and movement in creating meaning for dances performed or observed.

Recognize and describe the role of dance in life and community.

Improvise, create, and perform dances in response to movement prompts.

Develop an understanding of elements of dance and movement vocabulary when exploring, creating, and describing dance.

Demonstrate appropriate audience etiquette.

Explore dance vocabulary and choreographic devices using a range of music genres.

Demonstrate shared responsibility for collaboration with peers to create original movement studies and dances.

Reflect and share personal reactions to viewing dances.

Recognize how current media and the latest technologies increase opportunities for how dance is viewed worldwide.

Observe and give feedback to peer-created dances using creative problem-solving strategies.

Demonstrate safety while creating and performing.

Improvise and create movements that reflect an understanding of themes from a range of sources, including other content areas.

Demonstrate kinesthetic awareness and safe practices when performing developmentally appropriate movements and sequences.

Describe the relationship between music and movement in creating meaning for dances performed or observed.

Recognize and describe features of dance and how cultural values are represented.

Invent multiple solutions to movement prompts, improvisations, and dance compositions.

Develop an increasing understanding of the elements of dance and movement vocabulary when exploring, creating, and describing dance.

Demonstrate appropriate audience etiquette.

Apply and combine the elements of dance to express ideas, feelings, moods, and personal narratives.

Demonstrate leadership when working alone, with partners, and in small groups to improvise and solve movement problems.

Defend personal reactions to an observed dance performance.

Recognize how current media and the latest technologies increase opportunities for how dance is created and viewed worldwide.

Observe the dances created by peers and identify creative problem-solving strategies using dance concepts and vocabulary.

Demonstrate safe practices and dance wellness strategies when warming up and dancing.

Use formal and informal movement studies during choreography and improvisation.

Demonstrate strength and flexibility when performing movements with clarity, focus, and kinesthetic awareness.

Describe the relationship between production elements, music, and movement in creating meaning for dances performed or observed.

Recognize and describe features of dance forms and how they represent historical and cultural contexts.

Create, refine, and perform dances based on concepts and issues drawn from historical and contemporary times.

Demonstrate an understanding of the elements of dance and movement vocabulary when exploring, creating, and describing dance.

Demonstrate appropriate audience etiquette.

Apply and combine the elements of dance to express ideas, feelings, moods, and personal narratives.

Demonstrate leadership when working alone, with partners, and in small groups, to improvise and solve movement problems.

Analyze how personal reactions to dances viewed relate to movement preference.

Recognize how current media and the latest technologies increase opportunities for how dance is created and viewed worldwide.

Observe the dances created by peers and identify creative problem-solving strategies using dance concepts and vocabulary.

Apply basic anatomical principles and nutrition to promote safety, self-regulation, and dance wellness strategies.

Create movement studies with clear intent and attention to elements of dance, choreographic devices, and choreographic structures to develop a dance study that supports an artistic intent.

Demonstrate movement phrases with clarity, focus, alignment, strength, flexibility, coordination, skill, and kinesthetic awareness.

Recognize and articulate the relationship between production elements, music, and movement in creating meaning for dances performed or observed.

Identify ways past and current events impact dance and dance development.

Create a movement study using stimuli (music, observed dance, literary forms, notation, natural phenomena, personal experience).

Demonstrate awareness of the body as it moves in relation to the elements of dance.

Recognize appropriate audience etiquette during class, rehearsal, and performance.

Identify the movement vocabulary for contrasting genres to transfer ideas into choreography.

Demonstrate leadership when working alone, with partners, and in small groups.

Observe the movement characteristics or qualities in a specific dance genre and make connections to attitudes and movement preferences.

Explore technology, including new media, to create, record. or explore dance in conventional and innovative ways.

Demonstrate technical dance skills (alignment, coordination, balance, core support, kinesthetic awareness, clarity of movement).

Explore possible movement revisions based on collaborative feedback.